We only get funding if the student is there.

If 2,000 kids walk out, you're losing $80,000.

I'm excited because education is a priority in this budget. But I'm concerned the state is still deficit-spending, and that could put us at risk.

We don't know how much it will be and how we will receive it.

It's been a long road. You go to church to feel as if you belong to something, you're part of something.

I had gone to Olympic Development Camp and played so badly. It was at altitude and I was out of shape. I thought, 'Oh my gosh, am I cut out to play D-I'. I was 5-2 and wasn't growing any more. Also, I don't play on Sundays and was losing a lot of experience not playing on Sunday.